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Regular exams for
environment studies CHANDIGARH This has been conveyed to principals of affiliated colleges by the office of the Registrar. A final decision in this regard was taken in a meeting in October this year. The subject has been in the doldrums right from its inception. The first examination saw no declaration of results as unofficially only about 10 per cent students had cleared the examination. The next year, the university failed to conduct the examination. Instead, a decision was taken to have students attend a minimum number of lectures fixed by the university. This would get them a certificate making them eligible for graduation as environment studies was a compulsory subject. The decision of the meeting this time said, in all the affiliated arts, science and commerce colleges, honours school departments, Department of Evening Studies and the Correspondence Department, teaching would be imparted to students’ as per prescribed syllabi already supplied to colleges and departments’. The question paper this time will have ‘ multiple choice objective type questions’. There will be 50 questions in all. Questions will be uniformly distributed from the 10 units ( excluding 11th on practicals) given in the syllabus. Importantly there will be no choice. Students will have to attempt all the 50 questions within an hour. Question booklet will be in English, Hindi and Punjabi. A model paper in the subject will be sent by the university to all colleges. |
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PU students’ council
meets CHANDIGARH Bhupinder Singh Bhuppi, council president, said while talking to The Tribune, that few names had been finalised on the list. Munish Kumar is the convenor of the dramatics society. Surinder Singh holds the position for affairs concerning the library. Anil Sharma will look into problems concerning students. Deepak Balyal heads another panel. Bhuppi said the council would meet again to study other related issues of the offices of the council and related societies. The final proposal would outline an action plan for giving a distinct identity to student bodies by taking up problems in a concentrated manner to ensure better results. Various other issues came up for discussion but no formal decision has been proposed. |
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ABVP to hold gyan pariksha CHANDIGARH The examinations will be divided in two categories. The first includes class VI, VII and VIII. The second category will include students from class IX to XII. Nearly 5000 students are expected to participate. The entry fee is Rs 10. The students will have 60 minutes for answering 100 questions. The first, second and third position holders will be rewarded Rs 10,000, Rs 7,500 and Rs 5000, respectively. |
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Cultural competitions
begin at DAV-8 CHANDIGARH In the Lala Suraj Bhan Memorial English Declamation Contest, Loveleen and Tanika of the St Xavier Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, bagged the trophy. Loveleen was declared first, Tanika second, Pia Malhotra of the Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula also stood second and Chetan Sharma of DAV English Medium Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 was third. Two consolation prizes were also given to Niha and Chandni. In the Mahatma Hans Raj Memorial Hindi Debate Contest, Daman Jot and Anchal Malhotra of the DAV Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, bagged the trophy. Anchal Malhotra was declared first. Chetan Sharma of DAV Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, was second and Sudhir of DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur and Gurminder Kaur of Gem Public School, SAS Nagar, were third. Two consolations were also given to Himani and
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Notice to 2 states, UT on SGJC chief’s
sack CHANDIGARH, Nov 16 — On a writ petition challenging the Punjab Government notification dated January 6, 1999, removing Mr Kashmir Singh, Mr Dara Singh and Mr Raghbir Singh as
President and members respectively of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission (SGJC), Amritsar, a five-Judge Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion to the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the Attorney-General of India for November 23. The appointment of Mr Manmohan Singh as President, Mr Amrik Singh Randhawa and Mr Ajwant Singh as members of the commission, was also challenged. The case was adjourned for January 15, 2001, for hearing by the Special Bench. The writ petition was filed by Mr Kashmir Singh and Mr Dara Singh. The petitioners also sought the quashing of the notification dated October 19, 1978 issued by the Union of India under Section 16 of the Reorganisation Act vide which the Central Government substituted the words state government with the words “government of the state of Punjab.” Mr Kashmir Singh was appointed President of the commission on July 4, 1989. He alleged that he was unceremoniously removed from the office of chairman which was wholly illegal and arbitrary for which there was no justification. It was contended that once this High Court had struck down the powers of the state government to remove a member of the Judicial Commission at any time, the impugned orders could not be sustained and that the security of the tenure was extremely important for the independence of the judiciary. The case was earlier referred to by a Division Bench for hearing by a Special Bench. The Special Bench, presided over by Chief Justice A.B. Sahiriya, met for a short while and found the record of the case incomplete.
Record on teachers’
recruitment summoned Our correspondent adds: The Bench handed down this order on a petition filed by Ambala resident Kamal Preet Singh and 55 other candidates for the post alleging that though the state government had advertised posts at district level and interviews were held by the respective district-level selection committees yet a state-level list has been prepared. Many candidates name, the petitioners alleged, figured a number of times for appointment to various districts for which they (selected candidates) had never applied. The petitioners not only appealed to scrap the state-level selection list but urged a CBI inquiry alleging that large-scale irregularities had been committed and statutory rules laid down by the state government in 1994 for the selection of JBT teachers had been thrown to the winds. The selections, the petitioners alleged, had been made for districts for which the candidates never applied and as such were arbitrary and against the rule of law. For these reasons it should be
scrapped and a CBI inquiry ordered to investigate the case within a specified period.
Bail for one in
horticulture scam Mr Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar today granted bail to Raghbir Singh Sandhu, an alleged accomplice of former Horticulture Minister Jagbir Singh Malik who had been booked by the Panipat city police station under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the horticulture scam. Mr Justice Nijjar in his brief order said: “The petitioner is allowed bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat”. Raghbir Sandhu, a resident of Gharaunda (Karnal) has been lodged in Karnal district jail since October 17. His bail application was earlier rejected by the District and Sessions Judge, Karnal, on October 24. Ex-minister Jagbir Singh Malik was granted bail in the same FIR last week by the High Court here.
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Refund cost, Sony India
told CHANDIGARH, Nov 16—The Chandigarh District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has ordered Mr Nauri Mastsu, General Manager, Sony India Limited, to refund the cost of a “defective” music system sold for Rs 25,000 to U.K. Bhanot, a local journalist, in November, 1996. Allowing the complaint, the President of the forum, Mr R.P. Bajaj, and its member, Mr H.S. Walia, directed Sony India, Modern Electronics, Chandigarh, and Diamond Electronics, Gurgaon, to take back the set from the complainant and refund him the price. The forum also directed the manufacturer to comply with the order within a month, failing which Sony India and others would be liable to pay interest at the rate of 12 per cent on Rs 25,000 from the date of filing the complaint, that is, April 1, 1998, till the date of payment. The complainant had purchased the music system on November 25, 1996, for Rs 25,000 from Diamond Electronics, Gurgaon, an authorised dealer of Sony India. On opening the sealed box at Chandigarh, Mr Bhanot found that the music system was in a bad shape and defective. The set was given to Modern Electronics, the manufacturer’s authorised service centre in Chandigarh. The service centre “attended to the fault, cleared the dust and replaced the belts”. However, the system again developed defects. A complaint was made to Sony India on January 14, 1997. The company’s Sales Executive, Mr Vijay Jaiswal, visited the complainant’s house on April 15, 1997, and promised that the defective set would be replaced and asked the dealer to take back the set. However, the set was not replaced despite repeated efforts by the complainant. |
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Three remanded in assault
case CHANDIGARH Six acquitted: Bail granted: The Judge observed that there was nothing to be recovered from the accused. There was nothing in record to justify the custodial interrogation of the accused and the accused were unlikely to interfere with the investigation. They had shown their willingness to cooperate in the investigation. Remand extended: Rash driving case: |
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Haryana lawyers seek
separate High Court CHANDIGARH According to convener advocate Om Parkash Sharma, the long- standing demand had attained urgency in view of the fact that the recently created three states had their own high courts. He added that Haryana lawyers, on the other hand, had been demanding a separate High Court for the past 34 years. Mr Sharma further added that the High Court could be situated anywhere in the state. In a press release, it was also disclosed that an ad hoc committee, consisting of 21 lawyers, had been set up “to chalk out further course of action”. |
Building bridges of culture through
poetry CHANDIGARH Speaking to Chandigarh Tribune at the PU Guest House here today, Chandan claimed that poetry came naturally to him. He came out with his first collection of Punjabi poems, titled Kaun Nahin Chahega, in 1975. A publishing house in Pakistan is all set to release his latest anthology, titled Anaran Vala Vehra. Another recent work, titled Being Here, has been translated into English. It was first published in 1993 and was reprinted in 1997. His works have been included in the mother tongue issue of the journal Modern Poetry in Translation, to be published in January next year. Among other significant works by Chandan are Failsuffian, Jadan and Bijak. While Failsuffian is the attempt of the writer to think afresh and contemplate on various aspects related to cultural and historical roots, Jadan and Bijak, released in 1995 and 1996, respectively, are collections of poems. The poet has been invited for reading his poems to places luke University of Kent, University of Budapest and Columbia University. Many English magazines like Poetry Review, The Independent, The Critical Quarterly and the Race Today have carried English translations of his poems. He was also the editor of an underground paper Dastavez during the days of the Naxalite movement. “I was into political activism. I was jailed for two years. The feeling of frustration was unbearable and I decided to leave the country,” he said. After that, he drowned himself into creative pursuits. Among his striking works are Nishani and Hun Khin. In Nishani, a collection of essays published in 1997, the writer has accounted for visuals and has taken a cue from icons. Hun Khin registers the writer’s 15-hour dialogue with the Denmark-based poet, painter and thinker, Sohan Qadri. This work revolves around the changes taking place in contemporary Punjabi culture and art. It is also a critique on modernity. Though he has written scripts for films, Chandan is famous for his anthologies. He is due to read some of his recent poems, including poems from Sankh, in the Department of Indian Theatre tomorrow. He was accompanied by his friend, Prof S.P. Gautam, reader in the philosophy department of Panjab University. Commenting on Chandan’s works, Mr Gautam said these were venerating the mother language. Said Chandan, “My mission is to transform myself. The greatest task to accomplish is being true to Punjabiyat, which for me is the same as for Shaheed Udham Singh: Ram, Mohammad, Singh, Azad. There can be no better interpretation of this term.” |
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